Topic: Esperanto

"Bedaŭrinde, mi devas ekiri."

Translation:Unfortunately I have to get going.

August 4, 2015

15 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/JoeJScott

    unfortunately is literally "sorry-worthy", love it.

    August 4, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/conor.bassoon

      Is ekiri more "start going" like start leaving a party and saying goodbye to everyone, or "Unfortunately, I need to start going to class". The ek makes me think ekster so more in line with the first one.

      August 29, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/rapn21

        The first one. The ek prefix means to start to do something or to suddenly do something.

        August 30, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/GEOvanneGEO
        • 12

        So ekmangi would mean to start eating?

        June 10, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/errant1

          Yes, ekmanĝi means to start eating.

          August 8, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/andrewgtreantos

            Eki (to start) + iri (to go) = ekiri (to get going)

            December 12, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/Nootmuzkaatje

              Isn't it more common to say "I have to get going"?

              October 30, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/jkirby101

                It accepts that answer, it's the one I used.

                December 22, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/JamesTWils
                • 1374

                Isn't "ekiri" "to go out"? I would have thought "to go" would be "iri."

                August 18, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/rapn21

                  No to go out is eliri.

                  August 30, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/BrianLokker
                  • 254

                  I translated it that way too.

                  August 19, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/JamesTWils
                  • 1374

                  Yeah, now that I have done the rest of the lesson, I realize that we were misled by our acquaintance with Latin. Usually, it is safe to assume that Mr Zamenhof pinched his Esperanto words from Latin (or English), but not here, I guess.

                  August 19, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/poltomin

                    Dr Zamenhof did take a lot (though by no means everything) from Latin, sometimes using slightly different forms in order to create distinctions which Latin lacked.

                    November 28, 2015
                    https://www.duolingo.com/EaterofPumkin

                      Ekiri, kinda like 'shove off'?

                      March 18, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/LiKenun
                      • 5

                      I find it interesting how the syllables boundaries are selected for ekiri. I expected [e.ki.ri], but the speaker pronounces it [ek.i.ri].

                      January 18, 2018
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